Surface-Born Any character from a heritage which would ordinarily suffer from Sunlight Sensitivity (e.g. drow, duergar, or svirfnebli), can instead be Surface-Born and not suffer from this penalty. However, each loses their Superior Darkvision trait and instead has only the normal Darkvision trait available to their base heritage (60 ft). See also: Deep Dwellers Added to House Rules in 2023.
Author: kleonard
Heroic Stature If ability scores are generated using the Point Cost method as described in the Player’s Handbook, each character gets 30 points to spend, not 27. The Point Costs are given on the Ability Score Point Costs. Ability Score Point Costs Score Mod Cost 8 -1 0 9 -1 1 10 0 2 11 0 3 12 +1 4 13 +1 5 14 +2 7 15 +2 9 16 +3 12 Added to House Rules in 2023.
Deep Dwellers Since they are similarly likely to live their entire lives underground, duergar (gray dwarves), svirfnebli (deep gnomes), and other native Underdark heritages also suffer from the same Sunlight Sensitivity trait as drow. See also: Surface-Born Added to House Rules in 2023.
3 Tarsakh 1492, Waterdeep – Per my agreement with the proprietor, Durnan, any would-be adventurers who entered the taproom but seemed too inexperienced to brave the depths of Undermountain were invited to join my table, and by the time my set drew to a close, there were six such individuals seated around the table, waiting for the meal and drink I promised in exchange for their entertainment of my proposal. I bid my bandmates farewell—erstwhile, I should say, for I think I shall not need return to busking at the Yawning Portal again!—and then joined the motley crew before me.
Zendrila Morningmist Label Info Heritage Elf, moon Origin Myth Drannor Alignment Neutral good Class Fighter Subclass Eldritch Knight Background Inheritor Feat Vigilant For as long as she could remember, Zendrila Morningmist has always wanted to be a Purple Dragon Knight. Initially, this was a childish desire based on her fondness of the color—like her hair and eyes—and a love for stories of dashing knights slaying evil dragons. It wasn’t until she was in her teens that her mother Alanathria informed her that becoming a Purple Dragon Knight first required one to be a soldier in the army of Cormyr, a human kingdom to the southwest. She soon turned her attention to becoming a knight of her home city of Myth Drannor, only to quickly learn from her laughing father Solaudril that the Knights of Myth Drannor was the name of an adventuring company also originally based out of Cormyr. A few years later, the Morningmist family was among the thousands of refugees who fled the destruction of Myth Drannor for Semberholme, a wooded range of hills which had been virtually abandoned following the elven Retreat nearly two centuries ago. Now living on the border with Cormyr, Zendrila realized her first